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Filing: Fidelity refiles for a spot bitcoin ETF with the US SEC, following similar applications from BlackRock, Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, and others (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Filing: Fidelity refiles for a spot bitcoin ETF with the US SEC, following similar applications from BlackRock, Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, and others — Fidelity Investments is the latest financial services heavyweight to throw its name into the race to offer the first US exchange-traded fund investing in Bitcoin.

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Google Pixel Fold review: Google finally enters the fold

When you think of a book-style foldable phone in the US, you probably think of the Galaxy Z Fold. After all, Samsung has had several years to refine (or rinse and repeat) its larger offerings with no real opposition. Now, there’s finally some competition as Google has its sights set on the Galaxy Z Fold

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Sci Fi UI Made Easy With Arwes

Many of us grew up watching Star Trek, marvelling at the beautiful colorful interfaces on the computers that ran the Starship Enterprise. Today’s computer interfaces have certainly grown fancier since the Windows 3.1 and Mac System 7 days, but they’re still nowhere near that gorgeous. The Arwes framework aims to change that, at least where

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Nvidia Faces Potential Export Restrictions on AI Chips to China

In a recent development that has sent shockwaves through the tech industry, the US government is reportedly considering imposing new restrictions on the export of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) computing to China. This news has caused shares of leading chipmakers, including Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), to plummet by over 2%

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The ‘Titan’ Tragedy’s Last 96 Hours

OceanGate’s lost sub sparked a frantic rescue effort—and resurfaced safety questions that had been raised years earlier.

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VCF’s Swap Meet Experiment Helps Support Expansion

There was a time when those looking for tech bargains had to either try their luck at the local flea market, or make the pilgrimage out to a dedicated swap meet. But with the rise of websites like eBay and Craigslist these parking lot meetups started to fall out of favor, to the point that

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Niantic lays off 230 employees, closes its Los Angeles studio, and moves away from in-house game development, saying its expenses grew faster than its revenue (Kotaku)

Kotaku: Niantic lays off 230 employees, closes its Los Angeles studio, and moves away from in-house game development, saying its expenses grew faster than its revenue — Pokémon Go will remain one of Niantic’s top priorities moving forward — Niantic is shuttering its Los Angeles studio …

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Google tells Canada’s government it will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close Google News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect (Kent Walker/Google)

Kent Walker / Google: Google tells Canada’s government it will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close Google News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect — President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 …

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Is ChatGPT free and open source? We have some alternatives you can try

Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority AI chatbots have become an invaluable tool for many of us but not everyone’s comfortable using them just yet. Between the fact that ChatGPT saves your data and that you need an internet connection to use it, many don’t feel comfortable using it. These problems could be overcome if

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Niantic lays off staff and shuts down games as it focuses on Pokémon Go

Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Niantic is making some major organizational changes, including layoffs, game shutdowns, and the closure of its Los Angeles studio, according to an email from Niantic CEO John Hanke shared on the company’s website. The changes are designed to narrow the company’s focus, especially on developing and maintaining its

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How Databricks is adding generative AI capabilities to its Delta Lake lakehouse

It’s been a busy few weeks for Databricks. After releasing a new iteration of its data lakehouse with a universal table format and introducing Lakehouse Apps, the company on Wednesday announced new tools aimed at helping data professionals develop generative AI capabilities. The new capabilities — which include a proprietary enterprise knowledge enginem dubbed LakehouseIQ,

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Sources: Shein, which was valued at $66B in May 2023, has registered with the SEC for a US IPO, which could come before the end of 2023 (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: Shein, which was valued at $66B in May 2023, has registered with the SEC for a US IPO, which could come before the end of 2023 — Shein, the Chinese online fashion retailer worth more than $60 billion that is under scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over its labor practices …

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Dune: Part Two’s new trailer teases Christopher Walken’s emperor

Image: Warner Bros. Pictures There are a lot of returning faces in the latest trailer for Dune: Part Two. Timothée Chalamet’s Paul getting prepared to lead an uprising; Stellan Skarsgård’s terrifying Baron; and Zendaya actually getting to do things in her role as Chani. But perhaps most interesting is what’s new — including our first

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The DJI Air 3 could come with a dual-camera system

Image: Roland Quandt via WinFuture The rumored DJI Air 3 might feature an upgraded camera system. In a set of images provided to WinFuture by leaker Roland Quandt, you can see two camera sensors on the gimble mounted to the front of the device. That could offer an improvement over the second-gen DJI Air, which

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Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Changes to the Reddit API are forcing beloved apps like Apollo to shut down, and following the protests, mods are feeling threatened by Reddit. Continue reading…

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Watch This Beautiful Japanese Factory Manufacturing Wood Planers

If you’re a woodworker, you know the value of a good planer. A stout model will last a lifetime if properly cared for. [Process X] has now taken us behind the scenes of a Japanese factory that turns out quality planers to show us how it’s done. The video starts at the forge, where steel

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Bose recalls over 1 million ancient subwoofers due to potential fire hazard

If you’ve got a large Bose bass module like the one above in your home somewhere, pay attention. | Image: Bose Ordinarily, a recall about products sold way back in the early 2000s probably wouldn’t catch our attention. But this particular recall is about Bose, and people tend to hold onto Bose gear for a

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The Huge Power and Potential Danger of AI-Generated Code

Programming can be faster when algorithms help out, but there is evidence AI coding assistants also make bugs more common.

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Q&A with Marc Andreessen on “Public Intellectual Marc”, software and the physical world, his essay on AI, COVID-19, China, a16z, crypto investments, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Marc Andreessen on “Public Intellectual Marc”, software and the physical world, his essay on AI, COVID-19, China, a16z, crypto investments, and more — Today’s Stratechery Interview — and the last Interview of the summer — is with Marc Andreessen.

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Know Snow: Monitoring Snowpack with the SNOTEL Network

With summer just underway here in North America, it may seem like a strange time to talk about snow. But when you live in North Idaho, winter is never very far away and is always very much on everyone’s mind. Our summers are fierce but all too brief, so starting around September, most of us

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Microsoft and Activision CEOs battle to keep a giant Xbox deal alive

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge FTC v. Microsoft day four was all about Satya Nadella and Bobby Kotick. Continue reading…

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How to trade in your MacBook, macOS desktop, iPhone, or iPad

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’re looking to trade in your Apple product — be it a MacBook, iMac, Mac desktop, iPhone, or iPad — you stand to get a pretty good return. Apple’s tech has a reputation on the secondhand market for retaining value long after release. This speaks to build

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YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority YouTube is apparently testing a three-strikes policy for people who block ads on the platform. The policy would eventually see users barred from watching videos. YouTube requires users to pay for YouTube Premium if they’d like an ad-free experience, but some users have bypassed ads by using third-party apps

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Virgin Galactic’s First Commercial Flight: A Milestone in Space Tourism

The inaugural commercial trip of Virgin Galactic, created in 2004 by billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, is named Galactic 01. This historic flight is a big step toward realizing Virgin Galactic’s dream of taking well-heeled tourists to the edge of space and back. There will also be an astronaut instructor and two pilots on board to

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Austria-based One Trading, the digital asset exchange formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as it separates from Bitpanda (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Austria-based One Trading, the digital asset exchange formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as it separates from Bitpanda — The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading. — Austria-based One Trading …

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